flashback arrester

flashback arrester

[′flash‚bak ə‚res·tər]
(engineering)
A device which prevents a flashback from passing the point where the arrester is installed in a torch, thereby preventing damage.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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